2024–

Rose Postdoctoral Fellow

Conservation Science Program, Center for Avian Population Studies

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

2019–2024

Fritz L. Knopf Doctoral Fellow - Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Wildland Resources & USU Ecology Center

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

2020–2023

Utah Public Radio - Science Reporter & Managing Editor

NPR-member station - Department of Agriculture and Applied Science

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

2019–2024

Ph.D. - Ecology

Department of Wildland Resources

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

Advisors: Dr. Clark S. Rushing & Dr. Erica F. Stuber

2010–2014

B.S. - Natural Resources

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Advisor: Dr. Patrick Sullivan

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Rushing, C.S., & Stuber, E.F. 2026. The realized environmental niche varies by biological level in a broadly distributed migratory waterbird, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (American White Pelican). Ornithology. doi: 10.1093/ornithology/ukag004

[link]

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Neill, J., Norvell, R.E., Stuber, E.F., & Rushing, C.S. 2024. Scale-dependent population drivers inform avian management in a declining saline lake ecosystem. Ecological Applications e3021. doi: 10.1002/eap.3021 [link]

Rushing, C.S., Van Tatenhove, A.M., Sharp, A.J., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Freeman, M.C., Sykes, P.W., Given, A.M., & Sillett, T.S. 2021. Integrating tracking and resight data enables unbiased inferences about migratory connectivity and winter range survival from archival tags. Ornithological Applications 123 (2). doi: 10.1093/ornithapp/duab010 [link]

Fayet, A., Shirai, M., Matsumoto, S., Van Tatenhove, A.M., Yoda, K. & Shoji, A. 2019. Differences in breeding success among neighbouring streaked shearwater subcolonies correlate with egg size and quality of parental care. Ornithological Science. doi: 10.2326/osj.18.189 [link]

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Filiberti, E., Sillett, T.S., Rodenhouse, N. & Hallworth, M. 2019. Climate-related distribution shifts of migratory songbirds and sciurids in the White Mountain National Forest. Forests 10 (2): 84. doi: 10.3390/f10020084 [link]

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Fayet, A., Watanuki, Y., Yoda, K. & Shoji, A. 2018. Streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas moonlight avoidance in response to low aerial predation pressure, and effects of wind speed and direction on colony attendance. Marine Ornithology 46: 177-185. [link]

Igic, B., Nunez, V., Voss, H.U., Croston, R., Aidala, Z., López, A.V., Van Tatenhove, A.M., Holford, M.E., Shawkey, M.D. & Hauber, M.E. 2015. Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds. Peerj 3:E965. Doi: 10.7717/Peerj.965 [link]

Van Tatenhove, A.M., King, D.T., Knopf, F.L., Evans, R.M., & Pyle, P. 2025. American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. [link]

Schulenberg, T.S., Arizmendi, M.D.C., Rodríguez-Flores, C.I., Soberanes-González, C.A., Behrstock, R.A. & Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2014. Yucatan Nightjar (Antrostomus Badius), Version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T.S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA. Doi: 10.2173/Nb.Yucnig1.01 [link]

Invited Talks & Seminars

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2024. eBird to the rescue! Leveraging eBird products to improve avian population trend estimates. Lunchtime Science Seminar Series, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Stuber, E.F., Rushing, C.S. 2023. Modeling survival and connectivity of a migratory waterbird in a continuous-time framework. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Rushing, C.S. 2019. Quantifying spatial and temporal population trends of North American pelicans. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Salisbury, Maryland, USA.

Contributed Talks

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Ruiz-Gutierrez, V., Strimas-Mackey, M., Fink, D., Whetten, A., Robinson, O., Dunham, K. 2025. Demographic data are limiting in broadscale spatiotemporal population models. The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Stuber, E.F., Rushing, C.S. 2025. Realized environmental niche varies by biological level in a broadly distributed migratory waterbird. American Ornithological Society Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Stuber, E.F., Rushing, C.S. 2024. Modeling survival and connectivity of a migratory waterbird using a continuous-time, multi-state approach. American Ornithological Society Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Neill, J., Norvell, R.E., Stuber, E.F., Rushing, C.S. 2023. Scale-dependent population drivers inform waterbird management in an imperiled saline lake ecosystem. USU - USGS Coop Coordinators Meeting, Farmington, Utah, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Neill, J., Norvell, R.E., Stuber, E.F., Rushing, C.S. 2023. Scale-dependent population drivers inform waterbird management in an imperiled saline lake ecosystem. The Wildlife Society UT/CO Chapter Annual Meeting, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Horton, K.G., Rushing, C.S., Stuber, E.F. 2022. Weather radar as a tool to quantify local airspace-use of a large migratory waterbird. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. **Won: Best Presentation Award

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Horton, K.G., Rushing, C.S., Stuber, E.F. 2022. Weather radar as a tool to quantify local airspace-use of a large migratory waterbird. American Ornithological Society Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA. **Won: Best Presentation Award

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Rushing, C.S., Stuber, E.F. 2021. Local versus broad-scale population drivers: a Bayesian state-space analysis of long-term American white pelican colony dynamics. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Virtual Meeting.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Rushing, C.S. 2021. Local versus broad-scale population drivers: a Bayesian state-space analysis of long-term waterbird colony dynamics. American Ornithological Society Meeting, Virtual Meeting.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Rushing, C.S. 2020. Quantifying spatial and temporal population trends of North American pelicans. North American Ornithological Conference, Virtual Meeting.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Rushing, C.S. 2020. Quantifying spatial and temporal population trends of North American pelicans. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Virtual Meeting.

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Norvell, R., Conner, M., Kijowski, A., Brewerton, A., Neill, J., Moulton, C. & Green, M. 2019. Conservation and management perspectives of American white pelicans within the Pacific flyway. Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Salisbury, Maryland, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2016. Kodiak: A successful seabird survey season. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [link]

Stoner, K. & Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2016. Kodiak: refuge doubles search effort for rare seabird nests. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [link]

Presentations

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2025. Persnickety Pelicans: Challenges and Insights of Studying Utah's Great White Bird. Birds ‘n Bites Speaker Series, Great Salt Lake Audubon, virtual presentation.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2024. Academia & Wildlife Careers. Erie 1 BOCES, Buffalo, New York, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2022. From Grantsburg to Utah. Grantsburg High School, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2021. A thirsty Great Salt Lake. Stokes Nature Center, Logan, Utah, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2019. Pelicans through time and space. Stokes Nature Center, Logan, Utah, USA.

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2019. From Grantsburg to Utah. Grantsburg High School, Grantsburg, Wisconsin, USA.

ArcGIS Story Maps

Van Tatenhove, A.M., Juhlin, E., Dastrup, R.A. 2023. Water for Wildlife: Dire consequences of a shrinking Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake Collaborative. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies 2nd Place Award, Multimedia Story

Radio Series

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Juhlin, E. 2022. Lake Effect: a storytelling initiative sharing impacts of Great Salt Lake. 30 episodes. Utah Public Radio. [link]

Selected Radio Pieces (8 of 150 primary or co-produced) - full list available here [link]

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2023. Cache Valley Christmas Bird Count provides valuable data on avian populations. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 2nd Place Award, Radio–Best Use of Sound

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2023. Research ties worsening wildfires to bird mortalities. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Top of the Rockies 1st Place Award, Science and Technology Feature

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2022. Cache Valley Christmas Bird Count successful, chilly. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 3rd Place Award, Radio–Best Use of Sound

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2022. Utah State University brings academics and esports together. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 1st Place Award, Radio–General Feature

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2022. A community science project studies the elusive, snow-loving rosy-finch. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 3rd Place Award, Radio–Environment

Van Tatenhove, A.M. & Juhlin, E. 2022. A deep dive into Utah Lake: Pt 1 & 2. Utah Public Radio. [link][link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 2nd Place Award, Radio–Series

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2021. Wild About Utah: the quiet importance of brine flies. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 2nd Place Award, Radio–Environment

Van Tatenhove, A.M. 2020. Christmas Bird Count: listening for owls. Utah Public Radio. [link] **Won: Society of Professional Journalists Utah Headliners Chapter 2nd Place Award, Radio–Best Use of Sound

Panels

2026

Early Career Scientist panel

Pacific Seabird Group annual conference, virtual panel

Field & Lab

2025

Public avian banding demonstration

Cornell Migration Celebration, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA

Classroom

2026

Guest Lecture - Cornell University

Wildlife Population Analysis: Techniques and Models (NTRES 4120/6120; 3 cr)

led by Dr. Courtney Davis

Lecture title: CJS and Dead-recovery Applications

2024

Guest Seminar - Cornell University

Graduate Seminar in Ornithology (BIOEE/NTRES 7800; 1 cr) led by Drs. Irby Lovette & Jessie Williamson

Seminar title: All data welcome! Leveraging diverse datasets to improve population trend estimates

2022

Guest Seminar - Utah State University

Ornithology (BIOL 5560; 3 cr) led by Dr. Kimberly Sullivan

Lecture title: From Wisconsin to Utah

2020

Teaching Assistant - Utah State University

Applied Avian Ecology (WILD 5560; 3cr) led by Dr. Frank P. Howe

Designed from scratch and taught “Intro to population dynamics” and “Habitat distribution modeling with Maxent” labs; taught mark-recapture with emphasis on avian marking methods lecture; led transition from in-person lectures and labs to online-only instruction during COVID shutdown; provided essay and quiz grades and feedback; provided support leading field trips

Field & Lab

2025

Field Assistant - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Avian banding demonstration, Cornell Undergraduate Ornithology Class

Mentoring

2026

Sarvesh Prabhu - Cornell University undergraduate

Independent research: passerine demographic rate and environmental covariate literature review

2026

Emily Yllescas - Cornell University undergraduate

Independent research: demographic rate sampling coverage assessment using bird concentration area metrics

2026

Christian Zeser - Cornell University undergraduate

Tutoring: Bayesian population modeling fundamentals

2025

Madison Lammers - Cornell University undergraduate
Independent research: passerine demographic rate literature review

2025

Reed Robinson - Cornell University undergraduate

Independent research: passerine demographic rate modeling

2024–2025

Angelleigh DeTroy - Cornell University undergraduate

Independent research: multispecies bird concentration areas in New England

Professional Memberships

American Ornithological Society

Ecological Society of America

Pacific Seabird Group

The Waterbird Society

The Wildlife Society (Biometrics and Early Professionals Working Groups)

Manuscript Reviews (total: 19)

Conservation Science and Practice (2)

Ecology and Evolution (2)

Journal of Animal Ecology (2)

Journal of Applied Ecology (1)

Journal of Environmental Management (1)

Journal of Field Ornithology (1)

Journal of Ornithology (1)

Northeastern Naturalist (1)

Oikos (2)

Ornithological Applications (3)

The Waterbird Society (1)

Wildlife Biology (2)

Committees & Teams

2025–

Transparency and Communication Working Group

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Designed and distributed communication resources flyer and provided text content for associated communication resources website, provided key input to internal Transparency and Communication white paper, which was used to inform the 2025 Cornell Lab of Ornithology Strategic Framework; led meetings covering planning and aligning efforts with HR initiatives

2026

Strategic Framework Working Group: People & Culture

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Identified multi-year goals and objectives to understand and increase hiring diversity, retention, and cross-center collaboration with end goal of sharing with the Board of Directors; workshopped goals and objectives to align with current, external working group initiatives (e.g., DEIJ and Transparency and Communication working groups)

2025–

Community Voice Speaker Series Curation Team

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Provided planning and scheduling suggestions for upcoming speakers; shared methods to attract diverse and interesting speakers to speaker series

Abstract Reviews

2025–

Scientific Program Committee

American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting

Grant Proposal Reviews

2025

Frances M. Peacock Scholarship for Native Bird Habitat

Garden Club of America

Other Contributions

Public GitHub repositories available here: https://github.com/s0avant/

Web of Science profile: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/AAV-5225-2020

2025

Course Development and Teaching Strategies for New Professionals

The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting - half-day course led by Drs. Brent Bibles, Jon Dudko, Mike Eichholz, Liz Flaherty, Vicki Jackson, and Lara Pacifici

2025

Building Mentorship Skills

Cornell University - five session course (total 7.5 hours) led by Dr. Colleen McLinn (Associate Dean for Professional Development)

2025

Project Lab Inclusion for Everyone (LIFE): People Leaders for Project LIFE

Cornell University - full day workshop led by Dr. Kirsty Lauder (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and Jennifer Fonseca (Organizational Development and Effectiveness)

2025

Project Lab Inclusion for Everyone (LIFE): Embracing Inclusive Language and Calling In

Cornell University - half day workshop led by Dr. Kirsty Lauder (Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and Jennifer Fonseca (Organizational Development and Effectiveness)

2024

Automated Radio Telemetry: Study Design and Data Analysis

American Ornithological Society Annual Meeting - half-day course led by Jessica Gorzo and Sean Burcher, Cellular Tracking Technologies LLC

2023

Data manipulation, exploration, and visualization made easy: the tidyverse packages

Waterbird Society Annual Meeting - half-day course led by Dr. Simona Picardi

2023

Introduction to Movement Ecology

Utah State University - one week course led by Dr. Kezia Manlove

2022

Introduction to GLMs and GLMMs for Life Science Grad Students

Utah State University - three day course led by Dr. Kezia Manlove

2024–2026

Fellowship ($74,000 annually)

Rose Postdoctoral Fellowship in Avian Population Studies

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University

2024

Travel Grant ($500)

Utah State University Ecology Center Travel Support Award 

2024

Travel Grant ($580)

American Ornithological Society

2023

Research Grant ($1650)

Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

2023

Travel Grant ($500)

Waterbird Society Conference and General Meeting

2022

Travel Grant ($700)

Waterbird Society Conference and General Meeting

2022

Travel Grant ($730)

American Ornithological Society

2022

Research Grant ($5000)

Utah State University Ecology Center Research Award

2022

Research Grant ($1000)

Great Salt Lake Audubon Grant Program

2022

Research Grant ($1000)

Tracy Aviary Conservation Fund

2019–2023

Fellowship ($125,000)

Fritz L. Knopf Doctoral Fellowship in Avian Ecology and Conservation

Utah State University

2019

Travel Grant ($375)

Waterbird Society Conference and General Meeting

2019

Travel Grant ($600)

Utah State University Ecology Center

2022

Student Presentation Award - The Waterbird Society

Waterbird Society Annual Meeting, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA.

2022

Student Presentation Award - AOS Council

American Ornithological Society Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA.

Software & coding

R, JAGS, NIMBLE, Stan, unmarked, Maxent, ArcGIS Pro, MARK and RMark

Modeling

Integrated population models, hierarchical models, multistate survival and movement models, ensemble machine learning, Bayesian modeling techniques

Field

Avian banding (passerines and pelicans), avian mist net extraction, avian point counts, nest searching (procellariid, alcid, and passerine), GPS backpack transmitter attachment, foothold trap deployment and use, bownet deployment and use, outboard motor operation, all-terrain vehicle operation, 4x4 vehicle operation, flatbed trailering

2021–2023

Crew leader - American white pelican GPS-GSM transmitter deployment

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

Led and trained volunteer field crew in capture of American white pelicans, attached GPS transmitters to pelicans, organized volunteer schedules, recruited volunteers, maintained trapping and transport equipment, organized trapping permissions on state and federal property

2019–2020

Banding assistant - passerines

Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA

Extracted birds from mist nets for banding and light-level geolocator deployment, banded select passerine species with federal identification bands and RFID bands, maintained RFID equipped bird feeders, set up and took down mist nets

Total birds banded: 98; total birds extracted: 176

2018

Research assistant - alcid and procellariid productivity

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Homer, Alaska, USA

Nest searched for petrel burrows, performed regular nest checks, collected repeat morphological measurements from petrel chicks, serviced nest cameras, mist netted for adult petrels, identified murre hatch dates from photos, digitized notebook data

2018

Crew leader - avian point counts

Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, New Hampshire, USA

Trained crew of four people in conducting avian point counts along transects, organized employee schedules based on weather and hiking conditions, trained employees in data entry, advised on safe practices while working alone outdoors

2017

Research assistant - streaked shearwater ecology

Oxford and Hokkaido Universities, Awashimaura, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Nest searched, conducted regular nest checks on active burrows, captured adult shearwaters from burrows for GPS tag deployment/removal, assisted with GPS transmitter deployment/removal, serviced trail cameras, marked adult shearwaters for mark-recapture pilot study, collected moonlight level and colony attendance data

2016

Research assistant - Kittlitz's murrelet nesting ecology and near-shore marine bird surveys

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Kodiak, Alaska, USA

Nest searched on rocky (up to 45º) slopes, maintained four remote field camps and associated gear in bear-dense area, assisted with murrelet banding, deployed and maintained nest cameras, recorded nest locations, conducted vegetation surveys at nest sites, digitized field notebook data, conducted near-shore transect counts of seabirds by species